Bumps Along the Way | J. Puckerman (2)

Dad?

"Happy birthday!" I yelled, kissing Jake on his head, "wake up, it's almost noon."  I rubbed my thumb on his cheek. 

He opened one eye and closed it again. I knew the game he was playing. I kissed his nose, then his head again. 

"Wake up, birthday boy," I sang. He was clearly trying to get more kisses by fake sleeping. I could see his little dimples poking through.

I rolled my eyes and kissed him on the lips, he reached up and put a hand on the back of my neck deepening the kiss. He sat up and started pulling me closer, then Kammie cried from the other side of the room.

"She's up from her nap," I laughed. "Isn't it fun having a baby?"

He rolled his eyes and walked over to her crib with me, "So fun, but I wouldn't trade it for anything."

I picked her up and started feeding her, "Dress nicely for your dinner tonight, lover."

He raised an eyebrow, "to go to Skyline?"

"No, but there is that pretty park next to it that we can all take some pictures at." I lied. I needed him to dress nicely for the real dinner that we were having, but I couldn't tell him that just yet.

I pick up Kammie and put her in a light blue dress with white tights and a matching blue bow. I had a similar color skirt to her dress, so I put that on with a black shirt. I tried to put her little curls into poofs, but she still didn't have enough hair. I kissed her little face over and over, making her open her mouth and let out a huge giggle. 

"Say happy birthday, dada," I sang, kissing the side of her head and handing her to Jake.

He kissed me softly, then snuggled her into his bare chest. "You two look amazing, should I wear my light blue shirt?"

I went over to the changing table and started packing a diaper bag, "I mean if you want to it would make your girlfriend very very happy."

"Pause!" he yelled, "Fiance. You are my fiance, so I will wear the blue shirt to make my fiance happy."

Once we were ready for dinner, waited for Marley and Josh to come to pick us up. We were all going to ride together because it would be unrealistic for me to want to drive all the way to Cincinnati. 

"Happy birthday," Marley sang, wrapping her arms around Jake. After they hugged, she walked over to hug me, kissing me lightly on the cheek. 

We drove to the restaurant and when we pulled in, Jake looked at the sign, "What are we doing?"

I smiled proudly, "We are going to your most favorite place," I reached over Kam's seat and lightly kissed him on the lips. "Happy birthday."

We walked inside the restaurant and were treated by Sam, Blaine, Santana, Andrea, Noah, Quinn, and Millie, "Surprise!" They all yelled in unison. 

Jake blushed and Kamryn jumped at loud yelling. He pulled her into his chest and kissed the side of her head. We sat down to get ready to eat. 

"Who's the birthday boy," the waiter asked. We all pointed to Jake who smiled and blushed again.

My favorite smile, the smile with the deepest dimples that force anyone around him to smile. 

The waiter cut up the shrimp and pointed to Jake, "Open up," he laughed, getting ready to throw the shrimp for him to catch. 

Jake opened his mouth and caught it, gaging the second it hit his throat. I laughed and the waiter pointed at me, tossing it in my mouth. 

"Of course she didn't gag," Noah winked, pointing at me. "You're a lucky man Jake." Quinn slapped him on the arm and I felt myself turn a bright shade of red. 

Blaine rolled his eyes, "Yuck, nope, gross, I hate it here, nope, no, no."

Sam laughed, also catching a shrimp in his mouth, "See babe, I didn't gag either. It's all just in the practice. You have to know that your baby sister isn't a baby anymore."

"She is a baby," Blaine protested. "Jake is the adult. Not her. She is still a baby, she always will be."

Andrea reached over and pinched one of Jake's cheeks, "And he will always be my baby boy, no matter how old he is."

We smiled and laughed for hours, Kamryn was very upset that she wasn't allowed to eat any of the food. I ended up needing to feed her while we were eating, so I stepped out to go to the car. I didn't want to try and feed her with everything going on around us. Marley, Quinn, and Santana followed me out. 

"Okay, baby girl," Quinn said to me in a motherly tone, "You and Jake are still the dream couple. He and Puck are nothing alike."

I smiled, latching Kamryn on, "Yeah, they are very different. I feel like Josh is weirdly a mix of both of them," I looked over at Marley to see her opinion. 

"She's right. They are... Josh is super sweet, but he has some of the same ideas as Puck," she said in a soft voice. "I still like him a lot though."

"So we are all planning on being Puckerman's?" Quinn asked. 

Santana shook her head, "Baby Anderson is the only one that has made it official, and I would never be a Fuckerman  I told you, we don't like their kind."

"Fuckerman?" I asked. 

She nodded, "Yeah it's like Puckerman, but because they are fuckers, it's Fuckerman."

"Hey now," I protested, "I'm going to be a Puck-erman soon enough, so easy on the nicknames."

She smiled, "See, I can only make fun of the last name until you are a Puckerman, after that, I can't." 

We sat in the car and laughed until Kamryn was done eating, I burped her and held onto her until she quickly fell asleep. 

We walked back into the restaurant, and I kissed Jake on his head. He looked up and softly kissed me on my lips.

Everything was normal... I guess for us normal isn't always good. 

A man walked over to our table, he put his hand on my shoulder and I jumped, freezing immediately. Noah and Jake's faces also fell.

"Dad?" Noah asked, his face full of shock.